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Amateur astronomers around the world can now receive monetary compensation for their comet discoveries, thanks to the annual Edgar Wilson Award, announced this June by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics...
Amateurs who observe new comets from 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 10, 1998 on must contact the CBAT about their discovery and ascertain that they located the comet in an amateur setting before becoming eligible for the award...
Peter F. Williams of Heathcote, New South Wales, Australia, located Comet 1998 P1 (Williams) by telescope on August 10, the first clear night after days of torrential downpour and strong winds that had kept the sky clouded and unobservable...
Although Williams has seen various stars and comets over more than thirty years of involvement in astronomy, Comet 1998 P1 is the first comet he has discovered...
...from L.A. to Washington, arrive at a designated parking place, and do it all while getting 300 m.p.g." By the same analogy, could the car then drive on to other cities too? Apparently. Barring problems, DS1 will have enough fuel and navigational smarts to proceed to a burned-out comet called Wilson-Harrington in January 2001 and, as its grand finale, to Comet Borrelly later that year...